I had the same problem, but found that if I deleted the backup file in question, after the first shutdown - it went away.
The file is recreated when you restart Tomcat. Cheers, Rob ALSTOM COMPANY CONFIDENTIALITY MESSAGE : This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a named recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to another person, use it for any purpose or store or copy the information in any medium. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please check that your question has not already been answered in the FAQ before posting. <http://xml.apache.org/cocoon/faqs.html> To unsubscribe, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>